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| NEWSLETTER - JULY 6 |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on July 6. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page. |
| Quotations for Today |
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| QUIZ |
| Births |
| Alexander Wilson, born 6 Jul 1766, was a Scottish-born American naturalist and poet whose pioneering work in 9 volumes, (1808-14), established him as a one of the foremost naturalists of his time. What was the subject of his 9 volume work which made him one of the founders in this field? |
| Antoine de Jussieu, born 6 Jul 1686, was a physician and botanist who wrote many papers on human anatomy, zoology, and botany, including one on the flower and fruit of the coffee shrub. What was this botanist's nationality? |
| Deaths |
| Nathaniel Wyeth (1911-1990) was a US chemist and inventor, brother of distinguished American painter Andrew Wyeth. In 1973, a patent was issued to him for a beverage bottle plastic that was the first plastic strong enough to hold highly pressurized carbonated beverages without bursting. What is the common name of this plastic? |
| A German physicist (1789-1854) showed by experiment (1825) that there are no "perfect" electrical conductors. He stated "If the given temperature remains constant, the current flowing through certain conductors is proportional to the potential difference (voltage) across it." Can you name this scientist? |
| Events |
| On 6 Jul 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur and his colleagues injected the first of 14 daily doses of rabbit spinal cord suspensions containing a progressively inactivated virus into 9-year-old Joseph Meister who was at risk for a certain infection. The immunization was successful. The boy grew up and became caretaker at the Pasteur Institute. The vaccination was designed for protection against which virus? |
| On 6 Jul of a certain year, John Walker's fingerprints were the first ones to be exchanged by police officials in Europe and America. Law enforcement units in London and St. Louis, MO. completed the exchange. In what decade did this international exchange of fingerprints take place? |
| Answers |
| When you have your answers ready to all the questions above, you'll find all the information to check them, and more, on the July 6 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for July 5: Robert Fitzroy; the dating and interpreting of past events by the analysis of tree rings; platinum; Scotland. |
| Feedback |
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